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[Ray White]

Here is some general advice to anyone with a cat. Not the Grace Space Pace type ... but your domestic hairy thing.

I should have thought on but our cat has been getting into the garage and using my MG to get up into the roof space.

He has helpfully aged my new paintwork with scratches.

[Rick]

Never much liked cats tbh, dog or nothing for me!

RJ
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[alastairq]

Cats, in fact, own the world.

Hoomins, only think they own the world.

Life is better with cats.

As they are wont to say, ''what's the problem?''

For me, the inadvertent adoptee of 3/ 4 cats for a few years now..the issue is if I leave the hood up on my Dellow.

Being made from the hair of a thousand moes, getting the cat hair off is a nightmare.

But please, regardless of whether one likes cats or not....[or, more to the point, whether cats like one, or not?]...don't leave dribbles and puddles of IAT/OAT antifreeze lying around.

The stuff is toxic in a very nasty way to cats, dogs, small hoomins, etc if licked.
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Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces.

[Ray White]

I'd say it is my own fault. I should have kept the garage door shut... then the little swine would not have been able to ruin what I have spent hours trying to achieve. `

To those who say it doesn't matter I would say I don't know anyone in their right mind who sets out to do a bad paint job. (apart from those pseudo patina finishes that leave me cold) but having all my efforts spoilt like this is simply gut wrenching.

Of course I can't blame the cat. I have spent the past 26 years looking after them so I know what they are like.

Probably the most disheartening thing is the complete lack of sympathy from my wife...but then after 50 years I should not be surprised that that.!
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[MikeEdwards]

Around here they just wait until I've cleared weeds out of the vegetable patch and come and use it as a toilet. Kind of "thanks for making it easy for me to dig this bit up". There's plenty of flower border where it wouldn't matter, but no, let's use the tiny portion of the garden that might grow some food, if the mouse or squirrel doesn't eat it before I get chance.
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1976 Vauxhall HP Firenza, 1976 Vauxhall Sportshatch (x2), 1986 Audi coupe quattro, 2000 Audi TT